Walk Again

Big Ideas

Jasper's POV:

I watched Mia walk to the bedroom and longed to go with her. It felt wrong, though. I decided to stay up for watch when everyone decided to go to bed. They finally fell asleep after hours of waiting. We had parked the RV in an area that seemed to be very safe. It was a gated community. A lot of rich people were supposed to move in before the dead started eating people.

I looked out the RV windows and an idea came to me. I waited four more hours and woke Samuel for watch.

"I need you take watch. I have things to discuss with Mia."

"Okay. Don't mind what Tyler said, I think he has a thing for her."

"I don't blame him."

I turned and entered the bedroom without knocking. Mia was sitting in bed without the shorts on, reading a book. She'd hooked a small flashlight to a paperclip with tape and attached it to the book.

"Knocking still exists, right?"

"Sorry, not when we're supposed to share this room."

I sat down next to her and she rubbed her foot on my thigh.

"You forgot to clean the blood."

"I didn't forget. My mind was busy."

She took a wet rag with soap on it and wiped down the blood. She was so close, I could tell she'd removed her bra along with her shorts. She was distracting me from what I came to tell her.

I stood, so I could focus.

"This gated community we're parked in has the ability to become our home."

"How?"

She got on her knees on the bed and eased closer to me.

"Uh, could you stay right there so I can focus?"

She nodded and I continued.

"There are tons of building materials from the houses that never got finished and the ones that are fully done probably have some alternate source of power. Rich people liked that kind of s**t. It's dark, so I couldn't get the best look at everything, but we can scout it tomorrow."

She sat back on her heels and thought for a moment.

"There are only four of us that are able bodied. Alicia and Emily aren't able to help build up the fences or clear the dead. We'll need more people."

"Not necessarily. We could use the daylight to build up the fences after clearing all the houses. We'll start with the fences behind the houses since they're a blindspot. Those need to be fortified first."

She looked at the digital clock beside the bed and it read 2:00 am.

"We have four hours before the sun actually starts rising and five before it's light enough to start the day. Lay down and get some sleep, I'll wake you at 6."

I nodded and took off my shoes and pants. It's impossible for me to sleep fully clothed.

I took off my shirt and laid down above the blankets. I closed my eyes and threw my arm over them. Laying there in just my briefs, I felt like I was being stared at.

After a few long moments, I moved my arm and peeked in the direction Mia was sat in. She was watching me sleep.

"There's enough room for both of us. You sleep under the blankets, I'll sleep over them."

"I'm not worried about space."

"Then, why are you staring at me?"

"Just curiosity."

"Huh?"

She crawled over to me and did something I didn't expect. She straddled my hips.

"What are you doing?"

"Shh. Just let me try something, then you can sleep."

Mia's POV:

I was sat on top of him and I couldn't keep myself from running my hands down his torso. My fingers moved with every ripple of his abs and he seemed to hold his breath.

I leaned down and licked his left n****e. He flinched at the contact. I looked up into his beautiful hazel eyes and searched for something I wasn't entirely sure I wanted.

"Do you want me to stop?"

"Not really, but it's....different."

"You've been touched before, haven't you?"

He nodded slowly and licked his lips.

I touched his bottom lip with my first two fingers and I could feel the spot where he'd chewed that lip.

"Can I kiss you?"

"Mia..."

"Just answer the question."

"I don't know how to answer that."

"You want me, right?"

"Yeah. But, it feels like we'd be breaking some kind of rule."

"We're not related."

"I know."

"Ok, then."

I leaned down and pressed my lips to his. He didn't pull away, so I deepened it. He started kissing me back and soon his tongue slid inside my mouth. It was passionate and breath stopping. He grabbed my ass for something to hold onto and I began to grind against him. I could feel him getting harder and harder, so I bit down on the chewed up spot on his lip. He groaned and I pulled on his lip with my teeth. When I finally let go, I leaned my forehead against his and my panting breaths mixed with his.

"You shouldn't have moved your hips."

"Heh, why?"

"Now, I want more."

"Take it."

He flipped us over where he was on top and lifted my shirt a little so he could see my thong with tiny pineapples. His hand went under the thin fabric and he began fingering me, adding fingers until no more would fit.

"Ah, I think that's enough. It hurts."

He pulled out all four and moved my panties aside.

"Condom."

I grabbed one from the box on the side of the bed and he slid his briefs down before ripping the package with his teeth and sliding it on. I grabbed his face and brought it to mine to kiss him while he positioned himself just outside me. He eased it inside and his mouth went to the nape of my neck. I gripped his back, digging in my nails as my breath hitched.

"You okay?" His husky, lust filled voice vibrated against my neck.

"Yeah."

He began thrusting slowly and I had the best s*x of my life. It was slow and gentle even though we both wanted it to be a little more passionate. It was also my first time and he found out soon after it was over.

He eased out of me and a small amount of blood came out as well.

"I assumed it wasn't your first time."

"Sorry, does that make it weird?"

He slipped off the condom without a word and set it in the box we put trash in. He slipped on a pair of sweats that were laying next to his bag and left the room for a moment. I just laid there, mentally beating myself up for even doing it in the first place. He seemed to be struggling with what just happened.

He came back with a pack of smokes, a lighter, and a wet washcloth. I watched as he lit the cigarette and he stopped to look at me with the cloth in hand.

"It's gonna be a little cold." He said around the cigarette.

I jumped a little as he slid off my panties and cleaned me up.

"You can't take care of me like this."

"Why not?"

"It makes I feel weird."

"How so?"

"It just does."

He shrugged and set the cloth in the trash box before laying back on the bed beside me.

My blonde curls were splayed under his shoulder and I pulled them out from under him.

Jasper's POV:

"Why do feel weird?"

"When you take care of me, it somehow feels like you're my brother again."

I took two more puffs off my cigarette and pulled her over so her head was laying on my chest. She curled her body against mine and began drawing shapes on my torso with her finger.

"I've never been your brother. It's never been that kind of love for me. I've always loved you, but not in that way. It was a lie that I had to tell you and everyone around us. The first time I went to Maria about those feelings, I was 7 and you were 3. I told her I had a crush on you and she broke my jaw."

"That's why she hit you that day? I always though it was excessive to beat someone in the face with a cast iron for no reason."

"It was excessive either way."

"I know."

She kissed my chest and I ran my hand along her back.

"So, you're okay with this?"

"Yeah, I was against it at first 'cause I didn't want you to have any regrets."

"Mm."

We fell asleep like that and I didn't come to until 8 am. We lost an hour of daylight. I heard a knock on the bedroom door and climbed out of bed. I slipped on my new outfit along with clean briefs and cracked the door.

"We're coming. I woke up before her, so I'll get her up. We have some big ideas to go over today."

Tyler crinkled his nose in disgust.

"The room smells like s*x and cigarettes. You're gross."

"How am I gross? We're not related and if I wanna f**k up my lungs after s*x that's my business."

"Okay, well, she could be less of a slut."

"You might wanna watch what you say."

I closed the door in his face and turned around. She was sitting up on the bed with messy hair and among her many bruises I saw bite marks I'd left on her. They were tiny, but they were on her neck and I noticed them.

"We should get ready for the day."

I sat down and put on my boots. She wiped the sleep from her eyes, then stood and stripped off her shirt. She got dressed slowly as if she might get the chance to do something else with me.

"Are you hoping we'll have s*x again before your clothes are back on?"

"Kinda. Don't wanna put 'em on and take 'em right back off."

She stood there in her jeans with no bra and no shirt. I pulled her towards me and she stood between my legs. I rested my head on her bare stomach.

"When we get a chance, we'll do it again. We already lost an hour. We need this place so we can stop running."

"It's only been a week or two."

"It'll get worse and we'll hate ourselves if we pass up this opportunity."

"Okay."

She finished getting dressed and threw her hair into a ponytail. I stood and kissed her before we exited the room.

I relayed the plans to the group and Emily raised her hand to ask a question like she was still in school. That made me chuckle to myself.

"Yes, Emily?"

"Where will Mama wait while we do the stuff?"

I squatted in front of her so I could be eye level.

"Sweetie, you won't be helping. We can't risk you getting hurt."

"I can help. I can hand you tools while you fix the fence and I have a switchblade. I can use that if a dead one comes. Kick the knee, stab the head."

I looked at her dad and he seemed to be on board.

"Okay, just make sure you do everything we say."

She nodded and we moved on with the plan.

Those of us that were able to fight the dead, fought. We cleared the first house and it was huge. It had running water, warm water, and electricity. We left Alicia in that house and moved on to the others. They were cleared, so we started to scavenge materials and reinforce the back of the fence. We got about halfway done on the left side before we ran out of nails. We were exhausted and hungry, so we stopped for the day and the others went into the first house to eat and shower. I stopped Mia and Tyler before entering.

"Tyler, we need to have an understanding here. You can't just be hateful and stuff. We need to work together for your family and for us. Can you do that?"

"Yeah, I guess. I was just a little jealous."

"Good. I'm gonna go on a run to find more building supplies. I saw a hardware store on our way here."

He nodded and went inside. Mia looked at me angrily.

"You wanna go out there without me?"

I stepped towards her and grabbed her shoulders.

"You need to be here to help Alicia. She needs you. I saw her wincing from pain earlier. I don't think she's 4 months along, I think she may be about to pop."

"But, you need me. I'm always gonna think of you first."

"I'll be fine. I'll go check it out and be right back."

"How are you gonna load the materials when you get there?"

I looked around and gestured to the work truck by the gate.

"I'll get that started and use it. I'll be quick."

She kissed me on the cheek and gave me a quick hug. I smiled at her and she said one more thing as she opened the door to go inside.

"Come back in one piece, okay? Love you."

"I will, love you."

I started in the direction of the work truck. I got it going within minutes and headed to the hardware store. I gathered the materials and sliced a few heads in the process. While I was loading everything up, I was swarmed by at least a dozen Risers. I tried to kill them with the machete, but it got stuck in one of their heads. I got knocked down and was fighting for my life.